Nice to have

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1. Samuel Hill 1

   7 April 2011 at 10:37 am

   I made my poster, but I’m computer illiterate. How do I post it on here???
   • lprent 1.1

     7 April 2011 at 11:03 am

     An interesting question. I’d go for facebook rather than here.

     But we do need a public graphics/documents repository for this site as well.
     • Deadly_NZ 1.1.1

       7 April 2011 at 10:42 pm

       How about those of us who have too much sense to let farcebook anywhere near our computers??  maybe Google Docs??
   • Carol 1.2

     7 April 2011 at 11:30 am

     Or you can set up a photobucket account, upload it there, and then link to it from The Standard.  Sometimes I upload photos to my twitpic account, via my twitter account, and then I can link to them.
2. Samuel Hill 2

   7 April 2011 at 11:23 am

   I just wanna know how I can save the picture to my computer from the website. When I click to save it just wants to save the entire page. Help?
   • r0b 2.1

     7 April 2011 at 11:54 am

     What operating system are you using?  It may be as simple as right clicking on your image and choosing “save image as” or similar…
     • Carol 2.1.1

       7 April 2011 at 11:57 am

       It doesn’t allow a save image as, with a right click on firefox.
   • south paw 2.2

     7 April 2011 at 11:57 am

     double click on the image ( hold the button down on the second click or if touch pad keep your finger touching the pad ) to select, then drag and drop it onto your desk top
   • felix 2.3

     7 April 2011 at 12:03 pm

     Hi Sam, it’s being displayed as a background image.
      
     When you right-click on it you should see “view background image”. Click this.
      
     Then you should see the image on its own and proceed as you normally would.
     • Samuel Hill 2.3.1

       7 April 2011 at 12:36 pm

       still not working for me!
       • Carol 2.3.1.1

         7 April 2011 at 12:42 pm

         I got it to download following Felix’s instructions about background images.
         • lprent 2.3.1.1.1

           7 April 2011 at 12:59 pm

           Those are the easiest ways (using right click menus) and works across virtually all browsers and OS’s (just changing the words enough to be irritating). The don’t work on the damn tablets and phones with touch screens. No right click..
3. Carol 3

   7 April 2011 at 11:40 am

   Hmmm…. someone’s added, in the orange right hand slot, an anti-lesbian comment.
   • Carol 3.1

     7 April 2011 at 11:45 am

     And the righties are going to town adding their own comments… the PSA page needs to be moderated vigilantly.

     All the contributions from the public needed to go through moderation before they become visible publicly.
     • Samuel Hill 3.1.1

       7 April 2011 at 11:52 am

       Let them say what they like, Carol. People need to have the confidence of their own convictions. People will always say things we don’t like. We can’t deny them their right to stupidity.
     • freedom 3.1.2

       7 April 2011 at 12:37 pm

       freedom of speech is still very important, moderation is only relevant in certain public situations, such as the moderation practises employed here on The Standard, or the slow but generally fair moderation on Stuff comments.
        
       for something of the Nice to Have variety, open posting is the most honest way to present the point as the unmoderated posts have clearly highlighted the sheer volume of anti-govt-policy statements
       • Carol 3.1.2.1

         7 April 2011 at 12:51 pm

         Fair enough.  Sounds like a reasonable argument for limited moderation.
         • freedom 3.1.2.1.1

           7 April 2011 at 1:02 pm

           In this example i prefer the ‘gloves off’ response supplied by unmoderated free speech.
           The marketeers and madmen constantly throw their slogans at us,  everynow and then it is refreshing for the public to express a right of reply.
4. fizzleplug 4

   7 April 2011 at 11:42 am

   Nice to Have: Welfare for the Middle Class
   What we Need: A Competent Opposition
   • PeteG 4.1

     7 April 2011 at 11:58 am

     Nice to have: a nice leader
     Need to have: a strong leader
     (choose your party)
     • Lindsey 4.1.1

       7 April 2011 at 12:22 pm

       You mean like Zimbabwe and Libya?

       (I know you should not feed trolls but I could’nt resist!)
5. Uncle Helen 5

   7 April 2011 at 6:52 pm

   ..plans to savagely cut our public services.

   Translating Commissar Gordon:

   “plans to remove some of the useless bureaucrats from our bloated public sector.”
6. kriswgtn 6

   8 April 2011 at 8:53 am

   Now the link has changed and redirects you to the fuckwits nact website??????
7. The Baron 7

   8 April 2011 at 6:29 pm

   Oh deary me… it looks like things were all a bit too hard for dear old PSA with regard to keeping this genius of a campaign running…
   Either that, or its only down until they can insure that all statements have been approved by the Commissars.

   Meh, who cares – either way it demonstrates just how pathetic and simple minded the PSA actually are.
8. Frank Macskasy 8

   10 April 2011 at 8:22 pm

   Last year, the government handed an extra $20 million of taxpayer’s money to Warner Bros.
   The government has given $4 million in tax-payers’ money to China Southern Airlines.
   The same government has given a “loan” of $43 million of taxpayers money to TV3/TV4.
   At a time when Bill English is telling us that cuts to social services are inevitable and some programmes are “nice to have” – not “must have – it begs the question:
   Why is corporate welfarism “must have”? And why is Early Childhood Education simply “nice to have” – and being cut in the process?

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